Bucky's Diary

September 9, 1976

A Little Wicked – Valerie Broussard
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Dear Diary,

I don't usually do double missions like this, but today they decided it was important that I finish what I started.

It goes back to the beginning of the year when another agent went to visit the target, giving him a dose of the new medicine HYDRA created in order to force the receiver into a heart attack. This agent was sent twice, but the medicine used was not strong enough to kill him.

Last month, we managed to find a way to enhance the severity of the heart attack to a degree that would surely kill the target. On September 2, I visited him and gave him the first dose of the medicine, forcing him into a mild cardiac arrest.

On the 5th, I returned to see him again...

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"士兵，我敢肯定，根據我們所使用的語言，您知道我們位於世界的不同地區。你能猜出我們在哪裡嗎 (Soldier, I'm sure you know we're in a different region of the world based on the language we're speaking. Can you guess where we are)?" The man at the front of the room questioned in perfect Chinese.

"北京，我猜 (Beijing, I presume)," I replied, knowing only the fact that I had yet to be transported somewhere new.

"確實 (Indeed)," he assured me. "今天的任務將針對中國共產黨主席毛澤東 (Today's mission will target Mao Tse Tung, the Chairman of the Communist Party of China)."

"他死了嗎 (So, he has yet to die)?" I wanted to be certain.

"他身體不適，但仍在呼吸。我們需要您進行最後的打擊...我們需要您再給他心髒病發作。當然，他將在幾天內死亡 (He is unwell, but still breathing. We need you to deliver the final blow... we need you to give him another heart attack. Surely, then he will die within a few days)," he explained, giving me the medicine.

"明白了(understood)," I took it.

"您會在與上一次相同的位置找到他。快點，士兵 (You will find him at the same location as last time. Be swift, soldier)," he commanded me, sending me on my way back to the place from which I had just returned.

It's always dangerous returning to a location I've already been to, especially if it's within a close amount of time- but this time span is only a few days and, while I'll certainly still complete my orders, it most definitely is more dangerous than it was the first time for the fact that everyone is on the lookout.

I entered through the window, finding myself alone in a room with him as he faced away from me. I held my gun up and pointed it at him before he saw me because he tended to be aggressive with me.

"不要尖叫，也不要給您的警衛打電話，我會開槍。慢慢轉身。將您的手放在我能看到它們的地方。現在 (Don't scream, and don't call your guard, I will shoot. Turn around slowly. Place your hands where I can see them. Now)!" I ordered.

He did as I said and his expression changed when he saw who I was.

"又是你 (you, again)," he slyly remarked. "你怎麼回來了因為你第一次來這裡無法殺了我 (Why are you back? because you couldn't kill me the first time you came here)?"

"是的 (yes)," I replied calmly. "快捷簡單，毛，這就是我所需要的 (Quick and simple, Mao, that is all I ask)."

"你為什麼不開槍我 (why don't you just shoot me)?" he asked confidently.

"因為 (because)," I started. "你已經是一個死去的人，與你的心臟一起行走。我最好還是完成這項工作 (you're already a dead man walking with that heart of yours. I might as well finish the job)."

He chuckled. "您認為您可以一手摧毀帝國嗎？一夜之間摧毀整個國家？您真的相信它可以這麼簡單嗎 (You think you can single handedly take down empires? Destroy entire countries overnight? Do you truly believe it can be that simple)?"

I smiled devilishly at him. "我不只是相信它，毛 (I don't just believe it, Mao)," I walked closer. "我知道 (I know)."

The smile on his face never fell as he stared at me like he could kill me with just a look. "然後繼續嘗試 (then go ahead and try)."

I quickly put the gun in it's holster and stabbed his neck with a needle. He looked surprised, but by the time he reacted to get me off of him, I had already finished injecting him with the dosage.

"我不嘗試。我只做 (I don't try. I only do)," I stated. "您大約需要四十五秒才能進入心臟驟停狀態。還有什麼話要說嗎 (You have about forty-five seconds until you go into cardiac arrest. Any last words)?"

"我們會再見面的 (We will meet again)."

I sent him a confused look, "但是你很快就會死了(but you will soon be dead)."

"我的意思是，我會在地獄見 (What I meant was, I'll see you in Hell)," he laughed sadistically.

I shook my head, making my way towards the window and hopping out as soon as he clutched his chest and hit the ground with a thud.

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After that, he was bedridden until his organs failed on the seventh and he was put on a life support machine due to his comatose condition.

The plug was pulled on the machine at midnight on the eighth. He died ten minutes later.

China announced to the world that this had happened a few hours later, but HYDRA knew since the minute it happened due to the agents we have on the inside.

But, even still, his words ring in my ears and I really wonder if I'll meet him in hell someday.

~ 士兵 3255-7038

P.S.

After I got back, despite how useful I've been this past few months in terms of training, I'm not needed on any missions anytime soon.

Preservation of my youth and body as it is remains very important to HYDRA, seeing as I'm their best soldier. They know how much I hate cryo, they just value their motives over my preferences I suppose.

Despite my wishes, I entered cryostasis yet again this afternoon.

Just coldness and darkness and me.